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One of Addie’s favorite thing to do is to sit on the living room floor, open the bottom drawer to our entertainment center and flip through old photos. She asks who it is if she doesn’t recognize who is in the pictures and what they were doing. It is a great way to reminiscence. There are many photos of the children as babies, which they love as well as photos of Bryan and I as children. What child doesn’t love seeing pictures of their parents as kids?
She recently came across pictures of Bryan and I at our wedding shower and loved seeing Mommy & Daddy before we were married. Talk about a walk down memory lane. Sorry for the less than clear photos, these are scans of pics from 2003.
It was late February of 2003, I was in my early 20s and was so in love. I was going to be marrying the love of my life in a few short weeks. Bryan’s Aunt was coordinating a wedding shower for us and although I was excited, I was very nervous to be the center of attention. The sun was brightly shinning and the white building stood out against the bright green grass surrounding the building in downtown Mt. Dora. It was a perfect day.
Our families know how to have a good time. The shower was full of good food, great friends, lots of beautiful gifts to help us prepare our new life together and loads of laughter! While my soon to be husband made a witty comment about each gift that was unwrapped, tons of the laughter came as a result of some of the games that were played. One of those games involved toilet paper! Yes, a toilet paper game at a bridal shower. Everyone had a blast!
I wasn’t allowed to play, as Bryan and I were the judges but it was a ton of fun to watch our friends at work! It was really simple, but so much fun. So if you are planning a wedding shower, buy toilet paper and get ready to laugh!
Those that were playing were divided into teams of four or five. Each team was given a roll of toilet paper and given five minutes. They raced to design a wedding dress out of the toilet paper! Talk about the creative sparks flying, they had nothing but the toilet paper and a small amount of tape. The timer was set and then it was ready, set and go. They had to try to make something that resembled a wedding dress. The younger girls were happy to be our models, even if it was just a toilet paper wedding dress!
While the groups were busy at work making wedding dresses from toilet paper, there were also teams that had red and black crepe paper trying to make something that resembled a tuxedo.
I remember it like it was just yesterday! It was a blast to watch them work and try to make that one roll of toilet paper stretch to cover as much as possible! That is why using Cottonelle triple roll toilet paper over a standard roll was so important. It is perfect because it is not only very soft but thick and strong. Who says toilet paper only has one purpose? The game went over so well that it was played again at my personal shower.
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I could totally create a wedding dress out of toilet paper in 5 minutes! That’s one of my favorite games to play at showers.
What a wonderful story! I never had a shower. It looks like a ton of fun.
The one game we didn’t do at my shower was the TP dress game. Looks like fun!
I have never done the toilet paper bridal gown, but we have used them many times to create mummies during Halloween.
haha! that is quite funny. i think we used to do similar when we were kids. use them as “padding” or maybe that was a commercial? haha
What a fun shower! I’d love to make dresses out of tissue!
I love the toilet paper dresses & tuxes, bahahahaa! Genius idea 😀
I remember doing this! It was so fun!
I love the tp dress we did this at my bachlorette party!
I love blasts from the pasts! I usually go through my albums and look at the kids especially my oldest and reminisce about when they were smaller. As for that challenge, I don’t think I can do it. 🙂
That was lots of fun with all the games involved! Wow, toilet paper, wonder how many rolls you used.
That is so neat. Going over your past pictures with your kids. I have never tried to make a wedding dress out of toilet paper and I’m pretty sure it would not be recognizable if I ever did. What a fun post!
What a fun idea! I don’t think I could create a masterpiece in such a short time, but I would try!
I’m pretty sure I could make a dress for a mummy, but that’s about it! This is such a fun game!
O my goodness, those toilet paper wedding dresses are sure memorable
Great photos…great memories!
Out of the few bridal showers Ive attended, Ive never done the toilet paper wedding dress game!
I wish I could have been there! lol it looks like a lot of fun! I missed out on my wedding shower so I always love seeing others showers. Thanks for sharing!
That looks like it was a lot of fun, I have never participated in a bridal shower party. Guess I am missing out.
What a sweet blast from the past! Everyone looks like they are having a great time with that game.
I think I could if I had the right team players,lol It sounds fun. 🙂
What a fun bridal shower game. I just hosted my sister’s and I wish I had played this at hers.
I think it’s funny how many games you can play with toilet paper! While I didn’t have a bridal shower, I do throw a Halloween party each year, and toilet paper mummy wrap is always a huge hit!
I think that would be great to try it out and how lovely to be able to look back and have great memories like this 🙂
I wasn’t at the shower, but I do remember your wedding! It was lovely! ^_^ And that looks like it was such a fun game! lol
We did the same Toilet Paper wedding dress game at my bridal shower! It was a lot of fun! You can do a lot of creative things with it.
Amazing what a simple thing like toilet paper can become with a little imagination!
awwww! Thank you for sharing such a fun time with us! Looking at old photos is always a fun time! My daughter loves to see photos of my husband and I before she was born. 🙂
What a lovely time to look back on! Sounds like you had an amazing time and made some wonderful memories 🙂 x
What a fun blast from the past. Some of those teams did a really good job making the toilet paper dresses. Looks like they really got into it.